Berni M Janssen, a text artist, works with words in all their forms, printed, spoken, performed. She has a collaborative multidisciplinary practice spanning over thirty-five years, working with composers, performers, visual artists and community members to make word inspired art. She is renowned for her evocative and captivating performances.

Rejoice! berni janssen’s new book! This book is easy to love: its rugged, soft, deft, exact forms. Action is embedded in things; politics is stitched into the wind. Set against the bamboozle clatter of corpspeak and co-option. It’s a beautifully grounded book and it’s going to make trouble. —Chris Mansell, Poet and Publisher

One of Australian’s treasures, berni m janssen, a pioneering sound poet, is fully focused on the auditory as a means of experiencing the world. —Dr Ros Bandt, International Environmental Sound Artist

There is no doubt in my mind that berni m janssen is a cultural icon for our people. —James Hullick, Musician, Sound Artist, Artistic Director JOLT Arts aka )-(u

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These poems fashion an epic grid that electrifies you, big energy at its absolute finest. —Kent Macarter, Poet and Managing Editor, Cordite Poetry Review